As you all know it is currently impossible to create a character on several Worlds.
My girlfriend always said she would eventually start playing FFXIV, and asked me to tell her when I thought the game was fun enough to warrant buying a new computer to run it.

She played on my account, and loved it. Now she wants to get that computer so she can play the game herself, but she won't until Square Enix lets people create characters on my server. I am sure many people are in the same situation, they have friends who want to play with them but can't, so they give up on doing it... for now at least.

While you may not know how long the suspension will last, it would be nice if you could at least give us an estimate of when you believe you will open these servers again. I think you have chosen a very strange time to close these servers, just after the merge and before your two campaigns. I'm sure you are all working on finding a solution but I for one would appreciate if you kept us updated for the sake of all those potential players who do not know whether to wait or to create a character on a different server until server migrations are possible.

Thanks for reading, a lot of people are expecting an answer.